Haemaphysalis shimoga Trapido and Hoogstraal, 1964

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Haemaphysalis shimoga Trapido and Hoogstraal, 1964

Haemaphysalis shimoga was described from Shimoga District of Mysore State in southern India (Trapido and Hoogstraal 1964). Since that time, it has also been reported from Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam ( Tanskul et al. 1983; Tanskul and Inlao 1989; Kolonin 1995). Adults are known to feed on sambar deer and gaur, although they have also been recorded from cattle, sheep, goats and humans (Rajagopalan et al. 1968; Bhat et al. 1974a; Tanskul et al. 1983; Geevarghese and Mishra 2011). Immatures are known from rodents ( Kolonin 1995). The laboratory life cycle is given in Bhat et al. (1974a) and Geevarghese and Mishra (2011).

All life history stages are described in Trapido and Hoogstraal (1964). Trapido et al. (1964b) illustrate the larval capitulum and the nymphal capitulum, coxae and trochanters.